All posts tagged "Featurespecialentravel"

It's been a disputed and changing site in Berlin for almost three decades. Today a buzzing tourist centre, Berlin's island of museums known as Museumsinsel came from a marshy meadow where Dominicans once built a monastery before royalty later had a stately Baroque palace erected there. After World War II, the East German authorities blew up the royal ruins to make way for their parliament. After the fall of the wall, the reunified Germany disposed of the asbestos-contaminated Palace of the Republic, an ugly landmark that stood out in an otherwise beautiful island. Now, on that historic and eve......

Your chances of going on vacation in space sometime in the near future just got a little better: Virgin Galactic has received approval from US authorities to start sending tourists into space. The approval was given after the US Federal Aviation Administration looked at data from the test flight of the VSS Unity last month. Virgin Galactic, owned by billionaire Richard Branson, is one of three companies jostling for the chance to be the first to start taking paying customers up into space. The competitors are Blue Origin, owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk's SpaceX. SpaceX, which has ......

The Italian city of Forli is celebrating the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri with a huge show featuring 300 artworks exploring the myth surrounding the poet. After delays due to the pandemic, the San Domenico Museum can now show off the masterpieces spanning several centuries. Artists ranging from Michelangelo and Fra Angelico to Pablo Picasso and Tintoretto are among those featured in "Dante: La visione dell'arte," which is now set to run until July 11. Museums in Italian regions with a moderate risk of the coronavirus have been allowed to reopen - good news as the country c......

There is something in the air when the sun rises over Manhattan, a New Yorker recently said. The streets are fuller, the subway and bars as well, conversations by passers-by seem more exuberant. Groups of friends populate the parks, planning day-trips, voyages and parties. That's what it feels like when a metropolis is starting to breathe again after a year of the pandemic. The optimism seems to rise with every additional person getting vaccinated - despite persistently high infection rates. Many believe that New York is only weeks away from being back at how it used to be. If that's true, thi......

The bar owners of Hamburg’s Reeperbahn district have had enough. “That’s an employment ban for us,” Odin says. His bar, the 99 Cent Bar, has been shut down for months because of the pandemic, just like any other place on Hans Albers Square, at the heart of the city's infamous party and red-light hub. “And we still have to pay rent and other expenses,” Oli of Albers Eck says. Micky, the hostess at Nachtschicht St. Pauli (Night shift St. Pauli) puts into words what everyone is thinking: “We have been left alone.” On March 15, 2020, just two weeks after Hamburg reported its first coronavirus case......

Anyone who's had Belgian fries after a night of drinking Belgian beer can certainly understand their appeal. And Belgian chip shops are trying to make sure that that experience can be had for future generations - by applying for UNESCO status. Belgian beer has already had that status for half a decade at this point - and now it's fries' turn to follow suit, says the umbrella organization that represents the owners of Belgian fry stands. People take Belgian chip shops as a given, something that will never disappear. But as Bernard Lefevre, president of the umbrella group points out, more and mo......